Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
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Interpretation
Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not here find Bethlehem, afterwards the city of David, and ennobled by the birth of our Lord Jesus in it.
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This thought runs through Joshua 15:35-39.
Glossary
- Adullam Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet esh Sheikh Madhkur.
- Azekah Place
- Dug over, a town in the Shephelah or low hills of Judah ( Josh. 15:35 ), where the five confederated Amoritish kings were defeated by Joshua and their army destroyed by a hailstrom (10:10, 11). Modern identification: Tel Azekah.
- Jarmuth Place
- Height. (1. ) A town in the plain of Judah ( Josh. 15:35 ), originally the residence of one of the Canaanitish kings (10:3, 5, 23). Modern identification: Tel Yarmuth.
- Socoh Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Socho.